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Enabling liquid crystal elastomers with tunable actuation temperature
Nature Communications, 2023 Liquid crystalline elastomers are regarded as a kind of desirable soft actuator material for soft robotics and other high-tech areas. The isotropization temperature (Ti) plays an important role as it determines the actuation temperature and other ...
Yanjin Yao +6 more
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Leaping Liquid Crystal Elastomers
, 2022 Repository of code for leaping liquid crystal ...
Korner, Kevin
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Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal elastomers as moldable shape-programmable material
Nature Communications, 2023 Development of Soft shape-memory materials is often limited to the synthesis of two-dimensional specimens and rely on bending mechanisms and scaffolding topology to perform three-dimensional morphing.
Matej Bobnar +8 more
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Synthesizing Liquid Crystal Elastomers
, 2023 Liquid Crystal Elastomers (LCEs) are polymers composed of a soft, flexible material capable of changing shape. With demand for artificial organs increasing, LCEs are a promising candidate for creating functional and viable artificial organs.Honors ...
Estrada, Rea Rose +2 more
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Impact damping and vibration attenuation in nematic liquid crystal elastomers
Nature Communications, 2021 Nematic liquid crystal elastomers (LCE). exhibit unique mechanical properties such as large loss behaviour, which makes these materials interesting for damping applications.
Mohand O. Saed +5 more
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2H NMR studies of liquid crystal elastomers: Macroscopic vs. molecular properties
, 2012 ► Order parameters by 2H NMR of 2H-labelled liquid crystal elastomers and 2H-labelled probes in LCEs. ► Crosslinking density vs. thermodynamic features of the paranematic–nematic transition.
DOMENICI, VALENTINA, Valentina Domenici
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Soft elasticity optimises dissipation in 3D-printed liquid crystal elastomers
Nature Communications, 2021 Soft-elasticity in monodomain liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) is promising for impact-absorbing applications but due to the lack of synthetic procedures which give monodomain devices of sufficient size, impact studies on LCEs have not been performed ...
D. Mistry +9 more
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Mater HorizCorrection for ‘Shape programming of liquid crystal elastomers by two-stage wavelength-selective photopolymerization’ by Tom Bruining et al., Mater. Horiz., 2025, https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MH01907A.
Bruining T, Tomé DR, Liu D.
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas +6 more
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Liquid Crystal Elastomer Waveguide Actuators
Advanced Materials, 2019 AbstractWhile most photomechanical materials developed to date have relied on free‐space illumination to drive actuation, this strategy fails when direct line‐of‐site access is precluded. In this study, waveguided light is harnessed by liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) nanocomposites to drive actuation.
Alexa S. Kuenstler +2 more
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